Fawcett Crest Books (February, 1969)
Daphne Alexander in a publicity shot for her role as Modesty Blaise in the BBC Radio adaptation of “A Taste For Death”.
She even looks the part, could this be our live-action Modesty??
Modesty Blaise by Steve Epting
There is quite a collection in print at the moment :D. I don’t think they need to be read in order either aside from Vol. 1 if you’re new to Modesty.
This was a head sketch of a character I’m actually not familiar with at all (until now) pulp comic character from the 60s, Modesty Blaise. Gonna have to track down some of her books, she sounds really interesting.
This is what Modesty could have looked like had Frank Hampson been picked up as the illustrator of Modesty Blaise instead of Jim Holdaway. O’Donnell wasn’t happy with what Hampson produced so ended up picking Holdaway who he’d worked with before.
Click here for more pictures and a bit of background.
INTERMISSION: Modesty Blaise ad in THE RAY #8, published January 1995. I think my favorite part of these comics are the old ads.
Photographer: Meledea
Subject: yours truly
